steering wheel fix

what would be the best epoxy to fix the crack in my old steering wheel. i know some of you guys have done this before and i was hoping for something i could get at my local hardware store. thanks

 

I have had good luck with JB Weld but most 2 part epoxies will probably do the job for you. if the cracks are big I reinforce them with wire like using rebar in a concrete pad.

 

Great stuff here on wheel repair/restoration.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=675133

 

Pc7.

 

X2 on the JB weld. Clean up the cracks with a hacksaw blade and have at it. Stuff don't sand out too bad either.

 

I had good luck with PC-7. HRP

 

I'm ready to repair my steering wheel here is a good thread started by HRP.

It seems many here want others to do the work for them, a 20 second search with the words (steering wheel repair) in the ***le brought up 18 threads...OP, is that so hard to do? Sorry i'm sick today so i'm grumpy

 

I used the JB Weld Putty it is a paste. It is a two part epoxy, but it doesn't run and it is easy to move about with a bit of water on your fingertip.

 

PC7 if you need alot, JB Weld if you only need a little.

http://www.eastwood.com/catalog/product/view/id/3993

 

Those with under 1000 posts, don't use the Search.


At least he didn't ask for pictures.

 

Or Marine Tex!
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=590437&showall=1

 

didnt mean to piss anyone off, yes you are right i didnt do a search for the subject. it was a last minute post before walking out the door to go to work. i wasnt asking anyone to do the search for me i was trying to get a little feedback on some epoxy that maybe someone found at there local hardware store instead of ordering something on line. too those of you helped out with an answer i thank you, to those grumpy jerks you can just get bent!

 

I use POR-15 epoxy putty. Its water based and you can wet your fingers and smooth it out real nice. Doesn't flow and drip like some of the other epoxies suggested.
Sounds like I need to p*** out some Snickers....

 

Good advice given, do clean out cracks with a tool like a hacksaw blade to fill them better. Good luck. ~sololobo~

 

QuikSteel is my epoxy of coice. Packaged as a two part putty in a tube about the size of a roll of quarters. I like it because it has the perfect workable consistancy for a reasonable amount of time, that of cookie dough. Theres no 1-2 minute window like other epoxies i've used. I've fixed a few steering wheels with it. I recently used it like bondo to repair the rust pits on the shackle pins of my '55 Chevy. So far it's held perfectly.

 

I've done several wheels with golf ball glue. PC-7 It's been around for decades. My buddy grew up in Pa and I am from Md. He called it the same thing. I was so happy to find this in a flea market. One of the few hot rodding icons from the early days of my hotrodding.

Cheap, available at all the home stores and sands beautifully. I never had a reason to change. It comes in white also for light colored wheels. It will replace large broken chunks as well as cracks. I use a bare hack saw blade to clean the crack and get down to the parent material.

This display was in every parts store with a note to step on the glued on shelf. I keep it in stock for other small repairs. The water had food coloring but the sun has faded it now.

 

Another Plus one for this stuff....
I have used it a lot of different stuff, not only metals....most recently in a threaded hole in the top of one of my wood canes..........where the bolt stripped...poked some side holes in the wood hole, and put a chunk of this stuff in it....shoved the threaded top in it and 1/2 hour later screwed it in tight...Wala....

 

Well said!

 

Plus One....the can rats must be restless today